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IL CORN SUPPORTS PORK POWER AND SO CAN YOU

Tricia Braid

Illinois Corn Marketing Board has been a long-time supporter of an Illinois Pork Producers Association program called Pork Power. In 2016, the Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA), along with the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, and the Illinois Soybean Association, donated over 65,000 pounds of ground pork to eight regional food banks throughout Illinois. That equals more than 260,000 servings of pork that will feed families in Illinois. Your corn checkoff is again supporting the program this year, which runs through July 31.

Hog farmers can participate in two ways:

1) They may donate pigs/sows directly to a participating processor

2) They can donate the cash value of any pigs/sows sold at market locations.